Whidbey Island Hobby Farm

Yes, they say it is summer but this is one of the wettest and coolest I remember in a long time.  Several days this week we had thick cloud ...

I was in the garden last Thursday watering the bee balm plants and could hear the honey bees  buzzing but couldn't see them.  I thought ...

My typical summer day starts about 4:30 am when I get up.  I like to run when it is dark out, so three times a week I rise at 4 am to get my...

It hit 80 degrees here about 2 pm today.  The honey bees are happy, corn is growing as are the weeds. Our Broiler chickens at five weeks ...

Fresh goat milk is back and oh how I missed it.  Normally we leave all of the mother's milk for her kids for the first three weeks, then...

Nettle licking off one of her new born Boer mix boys  The last day of April brought two new goat kids onto our farm.  Nettle gave birth t...

This last week of April has been full!  I started out bring in the butcher to dispatch two of our male goats, Snowshoe and Stewie.  A friend...